Electric massage apparatus



H. CSANYI.

ELECTRH) MASSAGE APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED mm: 24, 1921.

' 3 184 Patented Oct. 24, 1922.

Patented Oct. 24, 1922.

UNITED STATES HENRY CSANYI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

ELECTRIC MASSAGE APPARATUS.

Application filed June 24, 1921.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY CSANYI, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Electrio Massage Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an electrical treatment apparatus and more particularly to an apparatus for electric massaging purposes; and has special reference to the provision of an apparatus of this nature in which the elements are constructed and arranged to form a compact and easil manipulable massaging unit having a esired flexibility foradapting the apparatus to various conditions of service.

The principal objects of my invention include, besides the provision of a self-contained electrical treatment unitcarrying the massaging apparatus proper and the source of electrical energy therefor, the provision of a high tensioned massaging aparatus constructed as an attachment an adapted for connection to a battery casing or for interchangeable connection with the bulb device on a flashlight casing; the further provision of an electrical treatment apparatus or the attachment thereof in which parts of the same such as the induction coil may be so mounted and arranged as to cooperate in an efficient and simple manner with the battery cells in the casing; the still further provision of such an apparatus or the attach ment thereof in which such parts of the apparatus as the induction coil may be suitably housed by the battery casing, affording convenient manipulation of the apparatus as a whole and yielding a construction of attractive appearance and the provision of an apparatus of the nature referred to providing a flexibility of use for yielding various circuits in fulfilling various desired conditions of service.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as may hereinafter appear, my invention consists in the elements and their relation one to the other, as hereinafter particularly described and sought to be defined inthe claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings which show a preferred embodiment of my invention, and in which:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the optery casings of this type.

Serial No. 480,096.

paratus with parts broken away and parts shown in section,

- Figure 2 is a plan view thereof,

F1gure 3 is a fragmentary elevational view with parts shown in section on the line 33, Figure 2, and

Iiigure 4 is a diagrammatic view of the electrical wiring and connections of the apparatus.

Referring to the drawings, I provide a casing 10 referably of tubular or cylindrical formation, the said casing 10 being made preferably of a nonconducting material, the casing being intended for the reception of one or a plurality of battery cells such as 11, the casing with its housed cells being conveniently used as a handle for supporting the massaging elements, as will further appear hereinafter. Fitted to the top and bottom ends of the casing are the metallicbands 12 and 13, the said bands being appropriately threaded and adapted for the reception of top and bottom closure elements 14 and 15 respectively, the top closure element or cover 14 and the bottom closure element 15 being similarly threaded for cooperation with the thread of the end bands 12 and 13. The bottom closure element 15 is preferably provided with a helical spring member 16 for the purpose of resiliently urging the cells 11 upwardly in the casing and for the further purpose of securing an efficient electrical contact between the cover 15, the end band 13 and the outer walls of the bottom cell 11, constituting one pole of the battery. Running longitudinally of the casing 10 I provide metallic strips 17 and 18, the strip 17 being electrically connected to the band 12 as by being soldered thereto, the strip 18 being similarly connected to the bottom band 13, a switch mechanism 19 being provided on the casing intermediate the strips 17 and 18 for making and breaking the circuit between the said strips as is common in bat- For the purpose of insulating the battery cells from the metallic strips 17 or 18 I preferably provide the insulating tube 20 positioned between the battery cells 11 and the casing 10.

In order to provide a self-contained unit the battery casing is constructed and adapted to carry the elements making up the massaging apparatus proper. For the purpose of providing a device in which the massaging apparatus may be-readily replaced by a bulb and lens to make up the ordinary flashlight structure and for other purposes suchas tacilitating replacement of parts,

the elements making up the massaging ap paratus are preferably connected together as a unit, forming an attachment for the battery casing. To accomplish these ends I mount on the closure element 14 the induction coil C, the interrupter I and the electrodes E, these elements together comprising the massaging apparatus proper, the elements being suitably mounted on an insulating disk 21, the disk 21 being fitted in the cover l4 and being seated between the oylindrical wall 212 of the said cover and the annular flanged portion 23 thereof. The massaging elements carried by the cover form a separable unit which may replace or be replaced by the usual flashlight bulb of an ordinary flashlight apparatus. Although constructed preierably as an attachment, it will be understood that the elements making up the massaging device may be permanently connected to the battery casing instead of being detachably connected thereto, such a construction presenting other features and advantages of the invention, as hereinbelow further indicated.

F or the purpose of providing an apparatus having a compact arrangement and pre senting a neat appearance and for the further purpose of securing a device in which electrical contact between the battery cells and the massaging apparatus proper may be effected in a simple and in an eiiicient manner, I prefer to mount the induction coil on the casing cover so that the induction coil will be arranged in axial alineinent relatively to the battery cells when the cover is connected to the casing. To accomplish this end theinduction coil (l comprising the primary winding 24 and the concentrically mounted secondary winding 25 with the axial magnetic core element 26 is mounted centrally on the insulating dislr 21 of the cover element 14. For securing direct electrical contact between the coil. (l and a battery cell 11 and for obtaining such contact in any position oi the cover relatively to the casing, one terminal 27 of the primary winding 52 i may be connected to the magnetic core, as shown. in Figure 1 of the drawings, rotating the cover on the casing with I such a construction ei'l ecting direct electrical connection between the primary and the central pole of the battery as shown, for example, in Figure 1 of the drawings. The induction coil 0 and the electrodes E are preterably mounted on opposite sides of the cover with the induction coil on the inside of the said cover. By mounting the induction coil on the inside of the cover as embodied in the exemplification shown in the drawings, the coil is housed by the casing, this presenting an exceedingly compact arrangement not only, but providing a device in which a tubular casing functioning as a handle conveniently encloses all the bulky parts of the ap paratus. y

The interrupter I carried by the cover may comprise a yoke member 28 fixed to the insulating disk 21, as by neans of securing screws 29, the said yoke member being electrically connected to the cover is as by being soldered thereto. The yoke member 28 is provided with a screw contact bracket 30 preterabl tt'ormed integrally therewith and struck up therefrom, the bracket 30 being provided with an integral spring finger 31, the bracket 30 and the iinger'tll being provided with alined tap ed bores for receiving the screw contact element 32, the element 32 being locked or clamped in any adjusted position by the coo eration of the spring linger 31 with the bracket. 30. Mounted on the yoke member 28 and insulated therefrom as by means of the insulating washers 33 is the vibrating reed or armature 34;, the armature being provided with usual contact element 35 for cooperation ith the contact screw element this providing the make and break elements of the interrupter. The interrupter I is'connected to the primary winding of the induction coil, as is usual in such devices, the vibrating armature 34: being connected to the terminal 36 of the primary winding. it will be apparent from the foregoing tliat upon closing the switch element 19. current will be supplied to the primary winding 25'; for actuating the armature 34, the circuit being traceable from a battery cell ill to the terminal 527 of the primary winding, through the said primary winding to the armature 3 by way of the terminal lead 3 to contact element 35 and contact screw to the yoke memliier 28 and cover i l, thence by way oi the band 12, strip 11' through switch 19, strip l-il: and the band l3 connected theret t ence by way oi the bot tom closure elenu it c circuit being closed through the helical 1 ing 16 contacting the other pole oi the battery cell 11.]. l'iillS it "will be seen that upon mounting the cover 14: on the casing 10 and by rotating the cover in position the induction coil C will be placed directly in circuit across the battery terminals, the core of the induction coil 26 and the cover le: being relied upon tor directly contacting elements having opposite potentials. 4 A

For connection across the terminals oi? the secondary I provide a plurality of electrodes E spacedly arranged and carried by the cover as above indicated, the said electrodes being intended for massaging purposes. in providing a device adapted especially for massaging tender or sensitive portions ot the body I have found it desirable to provide a construction including a plu "ality of electrodes spaced a few centimeters apart the electrodes providing charged elements for closing a local circuit for electrifying the tissue across which it is laid. With such a construction a user of the apparatus need not depend for the closing of the circuit upon contact of the hand with a charged element, such a construction, furthermore, permitting massaging treatment by a third person with facility, the arrangement effecting, moreover, thedesired localized circuit. A plurality of electrodes E are therefore provided, the electrodes being connected across the terminals of the secondary 25, the said electrodes being preferably so constructed as to gently act physically as well. as electrically as massaging agents. To this end the electrodes E comprise the cylindrical rollers 37 and 38 rotatable about the studs 39 and 40, each of the studs being fixedly mounted on an insulating base 41, the base being, in turn, mounted, as by means of securing screws 42, on the insulating disk 21. The studs 39 and 40 are preferably connected to the base plate 41 asby being screwed thereto, lock nuts 43 being provided for locking the studs in position, each of the studs being provided with a head 44 cooperating w1th a shouldered portion of the roller 38 for retaining the roller in position on the stud.

For the purpose of modifying and varying the tension across the electrodes E as desired by the user, I preferably provide a rheostat of simple construction in the secondary circuit. The resistance element of the rheostat preferably takes the form of a layer or film 45 conveniently formed of a mixture of raphite with some resinous binder, the mixture being spread on the insulating base 41 as shown, for example, in Figure 2 of the drawings, the graphite layer terminating at a securing screw 42. The movable arm of the rheostat may take the form of a rotatable arm 46 rotatable about the pivot stud 40, the arm 46 being provided with an upturned end 47 functioning as a finger piece. The securing screw 42 is electrically connected to one terminal of the sec ondary, the resistance 45 being therefore supplied in the secondary circuit. By rotating the arm 46 over the conducting graphite surface 45 it will be apparent that the potential across the massa ing terminals or electrodes 37 and 38 may lie varied to modify or vary the electrified effect.

In a massaging apparatus of the nature herein described it is ofttimes desirable where very sensitive skin portions are un der treatment or where re ions inaccessible with two electrodes are to e reached, as the lower eye lid, for example, to utilize only one of the electrodes E. I therefore have found it desirable to so connect the parts of the apparatus as to permit of a flexibility oi. use, including the employment of either the two spaced electrodes oronly one of them. To accomplish this end one of the electrodes such as 38 is electrically connected to the metallic cover 14, the arrangement providing a construction in which the metallic parts of the handle casing may be covered or grasped by the hand of the operator or user for serving as an electrode in the completion of the circuit, only the electrode 37 being used for massaging purposes. The electrode 38 may be conveniently connected to the cover 14 by connecting one terminal of the secondary winding to the yoke 28 and to the screw member 42 as by means of lead 48, the other terminal of the secondary being connected as by lead 49 to the electrode element 37. If desired, when electrode 37 only is used, electrode 38 may be entirely disconnected, the rheostat arm 46 being usable as a switch device by being made to clear the layer or film of graphite 45.

The electrical wiring is diagrammatically illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawings, and referring to such figure the primary winding 24 is shown to be in circuit with the cells 11, switch 19, casing elements 10, contact screw 32 and vibrating armature 34. One end of the secondary winding 25 is connected by the terminal lead 47 to the electrode 37, the other end of the secondary winding 25 being connected as by means of lead 48 to the casing elements 10 and also to the electrode 38 through the resistance 45 and the resistance arm 46. lVith this arrangement of the circuits the device is adapted for varying uses with either both electrodes in use to provide a local circuit or with only one electrode in use wherever desired.

The use and operation of my apparatus will, in the main, be apparent from the above detailed description thereof. If the casing 1.0 has been previously used in connection with a flashlight bulb, the bulb is removed and is replaced by the massaging attachment. By rotating the attachment onto the casing 10 the primary winding of the induction coil C and the interrupter l are directly connected. across the battery ter minals, as hereinabove indicated. With the closing of the switch 19 the interrupter is set into activity to provide the rapidly changing magnetic flux for inducing a high tension in the secondary winding 25, as is usual in such devices. The high tension is operative across the terminals or electrodes 37 and 38, the said electrodes being used where a local massaging circuit is desired. T o modify the electrifying effect the rheostat arm 46 is moved over the conducting surface 45. \Vhere only one electrode is desired to be used, the hand of the operator may be placed on one of the metallic elements of the casing such as the closure element 1:), the electrode 37 being then used for the electrical massaging treatment. If de sired, in such event electrode38 may be entirely disconnected by opening the switch rneostat arm It will be apparent from the foregoing that l have provided a device in which the parts are arranged in a compact manner with the bulky parts enclosed by the casing, the casing acting as convenient handle in manipnlati the device. I will be further apparent that the massaging elements comprise a convenient detachable unit which n 2y be replaced by the usual flashlight batl y. ilie attaching oi the massaging device on the battery casing places the same directly in the battery circuit. The device, will be further apparent, is capable of flexibility of use, the construction provided being adapted to complete a local circuit between spaced electrodes and being adapted for use where it is necessary and desirable to use only a single electrode.

ll hile I have shown and described my device in the preterred form, it will be obvious that many changes and modifications may be made in the structure disclosed without departing from the spirit of the invention. defined in the following claim.

l claim:

1. ln. an electrical treatment apparatus, a ba' cry casing forming a handle for the an paratus and adapted to enclose one or more battery cells, a removable cover for the said casing; said cover carrying an induction coil. with its primary and secondary wind-- ings, the core being attached to the cover and manipulative therewith as a unit, an inter rug iter "for the primary winding and spaced massaging electrodes across the secondary winding; the coil being mounted on the cover so as to be in axial alineinent with the battery cell or cells when the cover is attached to the casing.

2. "a an electrical treatment apparatus, y casing forming a handle for the ap paratus and adapted to enclose one or more battery cells, a ren'iovable cover for the said casing; said cover carrying an induction coil with its primary and secondary windings, the core being attached to the cover and manipulative therewith as a unit, an interrupter for the primary winding and spaced massaging electrodes across the secondary winding; the coil being mounted on the cover so as to be in axial alinement with the l tery cell or cells the coil being pro rided terminal adapted for direct electrical contact with a terminal of a battery cell when the cover is attached to the casing.

3. ln an electrical treatment apparatus, a bat casing forming a handle for the apparatus and adapted to enclose one or more battery cells, a removable cover for the Said casing; said cover carrying an inducn l-salsa tion coil with its primary and secondary winding, the core being attached to the cover and manipulative therewith as a unit, an interrupter for the primary winding and spaced massaging electrodes across the sec ondary winding; the induction coil and the spaced electrodes being mounted on opposite sides of the cover with the coil. arranged to be enclosed by the casing when the cover is attached thereto.

41-. .ln an electrical treatment apparatus, a bat casing forming a handle for the appaiatus and adapted to enclose one or more battery cells, areinovable cover for the said casing; said cover carrying an induction coil with its primary and secondary windings, an interrupter for the primary winding and spaced massaging electrodes across the secondary winding; the induction coil and the spaced electrodes being mountto be in axial alinement with the battery cell or cells to cooperate therewith when the cover is attached to the said casing.

ln an electrical treatment apparatus, a battery casing forming a handle for the ap paratus and adapted to enclose one or more battery a cover for the said casing; said cover carrying an induction coil with its primary and secondary windings, an interrupter for the primary winding and spaced massaging electrodes across the secoiulary winding; the induction coil and the red. electrodes being mounted on oppos :0. sides of the cover, the coil being arranged to be enclosed by the casing when the cover is attached thereto, the coil being provided with a terminal adapted for direct id separable electrical contact with a tcrunnal of a battery cell.

(3. in an electrical treatment apparatus, a batte y casing forming a handle for the ap- \lo and lapted to enclose one or more .cry cells, a said corer ca ng an induction coil with its primary and secondary windings, an interrupter for the primary winding and sp- "d massaging electrodes across the secon try winding; the induction coil and the spaced electrodes being mounted'on opposite sides of the cover, the coil being arranged to be enclosed. by the casing when the cover is attached thereto, the coil being provided with an axially ar'anged terminal adapted for direct and separable electrical contact with the central pole of a battery cell.

7. An attachment to a battery casing comprising a coyer for the casing, an induction coil with i iriniary and sec ndary windings, an interrupter for the prin'iary winding and spaced massaging elements across the secondary rinding all carried by the cover, the coil and the electrodes being mounted on the opposite sides of the cover cover for the said casing;

with the coil so arranged as to be enclosed by the casing when the cover is attached thereto.

8. An attachment to abattery casing comprising a cover for the casing, an induction coil with its primary and secondary windings, an interrupter for the primary winding and spaced massaging elements across the secondary winding all carried by the cover, the coil being mounted on the cover so as to hem axial alinement with the battery cells in the casing for cooperation therewith when the cover is attached to said casing. v

9. An attachment to a battery casin comprising a cover for the casing, an in uction coil with its primary and secondary windings, an interrupter for the primary winding and spaced massaging elements across the secondary winding all carried by the cover, the coil being mounted on the cover so as to be in axial alinement with the battery cells in the casing for cooperation therewith when the cover is attached to said casing, the primary winding of the coil be ing provided with a terminal adapt-ed for direct and separable electrical contact with a pole of a battery in said casing.

10. An attachment to a battery casing comprising a cover for the casing, an induction coil with its primary and secondary windings, an interrupter for the primary winding and spaced massaging elements across the secondary winding all carried by the cover, the coil being mounted on the cover so as'to be in axial alinement with the battery cells in the casing for cooperation therewith when the cover is attached to said casing, the primary winding of the coil being provided with an axially arranged terminal adapted for direct and separable electrical contact with the central pole of a battery in said casing.

1.1. An attachment to a battery casing comprising a cover for the casing, an induction coil with its primary and secondary windings, an interrupter for the primary winding and spaced massaging elements across the secondary winding all carried by the cover, the coil being mounted on the cover so as to be in axial alinement with the batterycells in the casing for cooperation therewith when the cover is attached to said casing; the said massaging electrodes comprising spaced rollers.

12. An attachment to a battery casing ,:omprising a cover for the casin an induction coil with its primary an secondary windings, an interrupter for the primary winding and spaced massaging elements across the secondary winding all carried by the cover, the coil and the electrodes being mounted on the opposite sides of the cover with the coil so arranged as to be enclosed by the casing when the cover is attached thereto, the said cover being electrically connected in the circuits oi" both the primary and secondary windings.

13. An attachment to a battery casing comprising a cover for the casing, an induction coil with its primary and secondary windings, an interrupter for the primary winding anduspaced massaging electrodes all carried by the cover, the spaced massaging electrodes being connected across the secondary winding and a rheostat connected between one electrode and the secondary winding. I

14. An attachment to a battery casing comprising a cover for the casing, an induction coil with its primary and secondary windings, an interrupter for the primary winding and spaced massaging electrodes all carried by the cover, the spaced massaging electrodes being connected across the secondary winding with one terminal of the secondary electrically connected to the'cover and a switch device between one of the electrodes and the said terminal of the secondary winding.

15. An attachment to a battery casing comprising a cover for the casing, an induction coil with its primary and secondary windings, an interrupter for the primary winding and spaced massaging electrodes all carried by the cover, the spaced massaging electrodes being connected across the secondary winding with one terminal of, the secondary electrically connected to the cover and a rheostat and a switch device between one of the electrodes and the said terminal of the secondary winding.

16. In an electrical treatment apparatus, a casing, an induction coil with its primary and secondary windings, an interrupter for the primary winding and spaced massaging electrodes all carried by the casing, the

spaced massaging electrodes being connected across the terminals of the secondary winding with one of said terminals electri cally connected to the casing.

17 In an electrical treatment apparatus, a casing, an induction coil with its primary and secondary windings, an interrupter for the primary winding, and spaced massaging electrodes all carried by the easing, the spaced massaging electrodes being connected across the terminals of the sec ondary winding with one of the said terminals electrically connected to the casing and a switch device between said one terminal and its electrode.

18. In an electrical treatment apparatus, a battery casing forming a handle for the apparatus and adapted to enclose one or more battery cells, the casing providing metallic portions connected to a battery pole, an induction coil with its primary and secondary windings, an interrupter for the rimary winding and spaced massaging e eetrodes all carried by the casing, the spaced aging electrodes being connected across of the secondary whirling with said terminals electrically connected tothe casing. r y 19. in an electrical treatment apparatus, a battery casing torn'iing a handle for the apparatus and adapted to enclose one or more batteiy cells, a removable cover vfor the said casing; said cover carrying an induction coil with its primary and secondary windings, an interrupter for the primary winding and spaced massaging electrodes across the secondary winding; the coil being mounted on the cover so as to be in axial alinemcnt with the battery cell or cells when the cover is attachedto the casing the said cover being electrically con.- nected in the circuits of both the primary and secondary windings,

520. In an electricaltreatment apparatus, a battery casing forming ahandle for the I inseam apparatus and adapted to enclose one or more battery cells, said battery casing being adapted for use with flashlight bulbs, the casing providing metallic portions serving as an electrode a removable cover for the said casing; said cover carrying an induction coil with its primary and secondary windings an interrupter for the primary winding and spaced massaging electrodes across the secondary windingrthe induction coil being mounted 011 the inside of said cover with the massaging electrodes on the outside ,hereof, means connecting a terminal of the secondary with the inetallic' portions of the casing and a rheostat and switch device connected to said secondary terminaland to its massaging electrode.

Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State ofNew York, this 23rd day of June A. l). 1921" HENRY CSANYI. 

